Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten
Teach academic, social, and life skills to kindergarten students with learning, emotional, or physical disabilities. Includes teachers who specialize and work with students who are blind or have visual impairments; students who are deaf or have hearing impairments; and students with intellectual disabilities.
$65,120 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 9%
- 68%
Anthropic's data does not cover this job.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 16%. Today's estimate: 19%.
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The tasks
Sorted by . 29 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop or implement strategies to meet the needs of students with a variety of disabilities.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 11% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Instruct students with disabilities in academic subjects, using a variety of techniques, such as phonetics, multisensory learning, or repetition to reinforce learning and meet students' varying needs.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 10% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Prepare objectives, outlines, or other materials for courses of study, following curriculum guidelines or school or state requirements.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 10% | 1.7 h50 min to 4.2 h | 82%Half by now | |
| Employ special educational strategies or techniques during instruction to improve the development of sensory- and perceptual-motor skills, language, cognition, or memory.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min17 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Teach socially acceptable behavior, employing techniques such as behavior modification or positive reinforcement.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 7% | 38 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Modify the general kindergarten education curriculum for students with disabilities.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | 77%Half by now | |
| Monitor teachers or teacher assistants to ensure adherence to special education program requirements.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 50 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Establish and enforce rules for behavior and procedures for maintaining order among students.Done hourly or more by most who do it. | 5% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Observe and evaluate students' performance, behavior, social development, and physical health.Done hourly or more by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Prepare classrooms with a variety of materials or resources for children to explore, manipulate, or use in learning activities or imaginative play.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Organize and display students' work in a manner appropriate for their perceptual skills.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by laws, district policies, or administrative regulations.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | 98%Half by now |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- Special Education Teachers, Elementary School27% now, 36% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Middle School20% now, 32% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Preschool15% now, 26% by 2028
- Special Education Teachers, Secondary School22% now, 31% by 2028
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors57% now, 66% by 2028
- Teaching Assistants, Special Education5% now, 5% by 2028
Where this job works
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